Eyeglass-chain reel.



0. B. 'WEDELL.

EYEGLABS CHAIR REEL.

APPLICATION rmsn NOV. 1a, 1000.

Patented Oct. 2 1909. a 1

o'm'o B. WEDELL, or GIN, ILLINOIS.

EYneLAss-cHa N REEL.

Application filed November 16, 1908. Serial No. 462,938.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'rro- B. WEDELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane'and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass-ChainReels; andI- do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make .and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in eye glass channreels and 1s aspecific 1mprovement over the construction described and claimed in myapplication filed July 6,

1908, Serial No. 442,209.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and compact chain reelto which eye glasses may be attached by means of a suitable fastening tothe outer end of the chain and easily reeled and unreeled and latchedand unlatched.

When in use, it is pinned to the garment of the wearer by an ordinarycatch pin, lying parallel to and attached to the back of the device,with the guide slot and latch notch down.

With this object in view, my invention consists in the construction andcombinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accom an drawin Figure 1 is a longitudirial $5011 of my iInprovedreel. Fig. 2 isa bottom plan view thereof, parts being broken away. Fig.3 is a cross section thereof on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows, and Fig. 4. represents a combined stop andchain ti a represents a case which is provided with a longitudinal guideslot 6 and alatch notch u. The case a is provided with heads 03 and, eand finishing heads. 4) and w. 7

4 represents a pin secured to the back of the case a for the pur ose ofsecuring the device to the clothing 0 the user. This pin is of the typeof the ordinary safety pin.

Rigidly mounted in the heads (2 and e is a shaft f having reduced andshouldered ends. Around the shaft 7 is coiled a spring g, one

end 72. thereof being fastened to the shaft 7 and the other to thewinding drum at n.

Surrounding the shaft f is a drum i provided on its outside with aspiral groove .7. This drum is hollow and is mounted on 4 heads Ia andm, the former being recessed on its inside face and projecting. overshoulder on the shaft f so as to prevent the spring 9 from getting inbetween said shoulder andthe inner face of thevhead 7c. The whole drumconstruction is mounted on the shaft 7, space being afforded within thedrum for the reception of the spring g, so that the drum may revolvefreely under the influence of said spring,

.unless it is latched by means hereinafter described.

0 represents the chain .to which the eye glasses (not shown) areattached by the means shown in Fig. 4, in which Z represents a combinedstop and chain tip with a hole .drilled in it to receive the end of thechain 0, said chain being fastened by a pin .9, passing through the tipand chain at right angles thereto. w in dotted lines representsrevolublyI a hole to receive any style of snap that may be desired. In thedrawing a figure 8 snap is shown. The other end of the chain 0- isfastened to a pin p carried by the drum.

The means for latching and unlatching the drum will next be described.

9 represents a combined chain guide and sliding collar, which isprovided with a hole at, through which and through the guide slot 6thechain 0 passes, the hole t actin as a guide for the chain. The collar9 is a apted to slide freely over the drum 6 between said drum and theouter case a, and is provided with a guide pin, y, projecting lnwardlyfrom said collar and fitting into the spiral groove j on the drum. Thepart 3 may be lnserted into the collar 9 or may be a proj ection punchedup from the collar. 1' repre- I sents another iding pm, which, however,may be omitted. As the drum 5 revolves, it causes the collar 9 to slideon account of the guide pin. Said sliding collar 9 is also provided witha latch pm z projecting outwardly and adapted, under certain conditions,to engage the latch notch u in the case a.

The operation is as follows: In the position shown in Fi 1, the partsare shown when the chain is pulled out to its full length and the drumi-latched, as happens when the eye glasses are in use. If the userwishes to have the eyeglasses reeled up until they reach the case a, hegives a short downward pull upon the chain, holding it taut, and thengives a slight upward lift. This disengages the latch pin 2 from thelatch notch u in the case a, allowing the reel to wind up a portion ofthe chain until the latch pin 2- has passed the latch notch u. The userthen releases the chain and the spring 9 rotates the drum 2', coiling upthe chain in'the groove j. As the chain is reeled up the sliding collarg travels along the drum z and the latch pm z slides along in the guideslot 1) in the'case a;

This application is distlnguished from my former application abovereferred to in the following particulars: 1'. A case having a guide slotand latch notch, said case being provided with a finishing head on eachend and a single pin for securing it to the clothing of the user. 2. Arecessed head for the winding drum, fitting over a shoulder on thesupportin stationary shaft. 3. A combined chain gui e and slidingcollar, said collar being provided with guiding means, a hole for thechain to pass through and latching means. 4. A combined stop and chaintip and latch notch, a. spirally grooved drum revolubly mounted therein,-.a spring tending to rotate said drum in one. direction, a chainattached to said drum and a combined chain guide and sliding collarprovided with means cooperating with the slot and adapted to seat in thenotch in the case for preventing-the rotation of said drum,substantially as described. I

. The combination of a case provided with a guide slot and latch notch,said case being provided with means for securing it to the clothing ofthe user, a spirally grooved drum revolubly mounted therein, a springnormally tending to rotate said drum in one direction, a chaln, one endof which is attached to said drum, a combined chain guide and slidingcollar provided with a perforation through which said chain asses, andlatching means, carried by the sliding mem-v ber and adapted to travelin said slot and at times to engage in said notch, substantially asdescribe i 3. The combination of a case, provided with a guide slot andlatch notch, said case being provided with a finishing head on each endand with means for securing it to the clothing of the user, a shaftrigidly mounted in said case, a spirally grooved drum revolubly mountedon said shaft, and provided with heads, one of which is recessed, asprin having one end attached tosaid shaft and t e other end to saiddrum, a chain, av

combined chainstop and chain tip, said chain being secured at one end tosaid drum and at the other end to said stop and chain tip, a combinedchain guide and sliding collar, said sliding collar being provided witha hole through which said chain passes, and with guiding means andlatching means, said said guide slot and to engage said latch notch attimes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses;

OTTO B. WEDELL.

Witnesses:

ROBERT S. EGAN,

ELWOOD E. KENYON.

"latching means being adapted to travel in.

